Source: Washington Post | Virginia |
March 11, 2013
In his final push in the General Assembly this year, the governor backed successful bills to reform the state's schools. But on some signature issues, he fell short.
A newly passed bill in Wisconsin relaxes environmental and permitting regulations to pave the way for a new mining in the state. Several groups have vowed to fight new mining in court.
The governor's proposed budget would cut Chicago's share of money from the state income tax, a move one group says could cost the city as much as $31 million.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia |
March 8, 2013
The vote capped a long series of protests, rallies, and public outcries against what appears to be one of the largest mass school closings in the nation's history.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger | New Jersey |
March 8, 2013
Several adult day care centers billed the state Medicaid program for services they did not provide and, in many cases, for patients who were not even there, the state comptroller announced.
Source: Detroit Free Press | Michigan |
March 7, 2013
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday he won't contest Gov. Rick Snyder's decision to appoint an emergency financial manager for the devastated city he leads, saying the City Council can appeal if it wants to, but it's "a fight we cannot win."
The suit alleges the state's current school-funding system fails to provide a "thorough and uniform" system of education as outlined in the Colorado Constitution.
Two veterans of Los Angeles politics, Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel, pushed ahead of six other candidates in initial election returns Tuesday and appeared to be well-positioned to advance to a May runoff to become the city's next mayor.
Source: Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles |
March 6, 2013
In a school board election that attracted national money and attention as a referendum on the reform policies of Supt. John Deasy, candidates who favored his agenda were leading in two of three races.
The push for reliable roads and bridges is bringing together a strange-bedfellows coalition: not only cities and counties whose economies rely on such projects but also soybean farmers, truckers and state transit advocates.
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